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Known For
Production
Birthday
January 17, 1880
Died
November 5, 1960
Place of Birth
Richmond, Québec, Canada
Also Known As
- Michael Sinnott
- Mack Sennet
- The King of Comedy
- King of Comedy
Mack Sennett
0.4 Popularity
Biography
Mack Sennett (born Michael Sinnott; January 17, 1880 – November 5, 1960) was a Canadian born actor, director, comedian and studio head, known as the 'King of Comedy'. He produced more than 1,000 silent films and several dozen talkies during a 25-year career. He became a United States citizen in 1932. Sennett was born and raised in Richmond, Quebec. He moved to Connecticut when he was 17 years old. In New York City, he took on the stage name Mack Sennett and became an actor, singer, dancer, clown, set designer, and director for the Biograph Company. He later opened Keystone Studios in Edendale, California, in 1912. Keystone possessed the first fully enclosed film stage, and Sennett became famous as the originator of slapstick routines such as pie-throwing and car-chases, as seen in the Keystone Cops films. He also produced short features that displayed his Bathing Beauties, many of whom went on to develop successful acting careers. Sennett's work in sound movies was less successful, and he was bankrupted in 1933. In 1938 he was presented with an honorary Academy Award for his contribution to film comedy. Mack Sennett died in Woodland Hills, California in 1960, aged 80. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
Known For
7.5
Self (archive footage)
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
5.0
Self (archive footage)
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008
0.0
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
2002
0.0
Self (archive audio) (uncredited)
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
2002
6.3
Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
0.0
(archive footage)
The Hollywood Clowns
1979
7.0
Self (archive footage)
It's Showtime
1976
6.2
The Great Chase
1962
5.8
Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
Crazy Days
1962
5.5
Self (archive footage)
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961
Credits
The Real Charlie Chaplin
as Self (archive footage)
2021
7.5
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
2008
5.0
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
2002
0.0
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
as Self (archive audio) (uncredited)
2002
0.0
Frank Capra's American Dream
as Self (archive footage)
1997
6.3
The Hollywood Clowns
as (archive footage)
1979
0.0
It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
1976
7.0
The Great Chase
1962
6.2
Crazy Days
as Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
1962
5.8
Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage)
1961
5.5
The Golden Age of Comedy
as archive footage
1957
6.9
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
as Mack Sennett
1955
6.1
This Is Your Life
as Self
1952
6.4
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
as (archive footage)
1951
0.0
Down Memory Lane
as Self
1949
0.0
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
6.0
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
1940
6.5
Hollywood Cavalcade
as Mack Sennett
1939
5.3
Hollywood Boulevard
as Cinegrill Customer (uncredited)
1936
2.7
🎬
Movie-Town
as Mack Sennett-Director
1931
2.0
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
as Self
1931
6.0
The Hollywood Kid
as Self
1924
4.3
Oh, Mabel Behave
as Blaa Blaa
1922
0.0
Fatty and the Broadway Stars
as Mack Sennett
1915
0.0
Stolen Magic
as The Traveler's Friend
1915
0.0
My Valet
as John's Valet
1915
0.0
The Little Teacher
as Tall Unruly Student
1915
5.7
🎬
Hearts and Planets
as Invisible Star
1915
0.0
The Property Man
as Man in Front Row Audience (uncredited)
1914
5.6
Mabel's Busy Day
as Customer
1914
5.6
The Knockout
as Spectator / Man Outside Arena (uncredited)
1914
5.7
The Fatal Mallet
as Other Suitor (uncredited)
1914
5.4
A Busy Day
as Newsreel Film Director (uncredited)
1914
4.7
Mabel at the Wheel
as Race Spectator (uncredited)
1914
5.6
🎬
Mack at It Again
as Mack
1914
0.0
🎬
Mabel’s Bear Escape
1914
0.0
🎬
Rebecca's Wedding Day
as The Father
1914
0.0
🎬
Love Sickness at Sea
as Mabel's Sweetheart
1913
0.0
🎬
A Healthy Neighborhood
1913
0.0
Mabel's Dramatic Career
as Mack - Mabel's Sweetheart
1913
5.5
🎬
Rastus and the Game Cock
as Cockfight Organizer
1913
0.0
For the Love of Mabel
1913
0.0
Peeping Pete
as Peeping Pete
1913
6.0
🎬
The Hansom Driver
as The Hansom Cab Driver
1913
0.0
Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life
as Mabel's Boyfriend
1913
5.8
🎬
Their First Execution
1913
0.0
🎬
Mabel’s Awful Mistakes
as Jones
1913
0.0
Murphy's I.O.U.
as Police Captain
1913
0.0
🎬
Those Good Old Days
as The Peasant
1913
0.0
🎬
Her New Beau
1913
0.0
🎬
At Twelve O’Clock
as Mabel's Lover
1913
0.0
🎬
The Rube and the Baron
as John - the Rube
1913
0.0
A Strong Revenge
as Schnitz
1913
5.0
🎬
The Sleuths at the Floral Parade
as 1st Sleuth
1913
0.0
🎬
Mabel’s Heroes
as 1st Suitor
1913
5.0
🎬
The Battle of Who Run
as Union Soldier
1913
0.0
The Mistaken Masher
as The Boxing Champion
1913
0.0
🎬
How Hiram Won Out
as Hiram
1913
0.0
🎬
The Duel
1912
0.0
Hoffmeyer's Legacy
as The Police Chief
1912
0.0
🎬
A Family Mixup
as Smith
1912
0.0
Pat's Day Off
as Pat the Cop
1912
0.0
🎬
A Bear Escape
as Sleuth
1912
0.0
🎬
Mr. Fixit
as suitor
1912
0.0
🎬
The Rivals
as Henry
1912
0.0
🎬
A Temperamental Husband
as Police Chief
1912
0.0
🎬
The Deacon's Troubles
1912
0.0
🎬
At It Again
as sleuth
1912
0.0
At Coney Island
as The Boy
1912
6.3
🎬
The Flirting Husband
1912
0.0
🎬
The Ambitious Butler
1912
0.0
🎬
Pedro's Dilemma
as Pedro
1912
0.0
Riley and Schultze
as Riley
1912
0.0
The New Neighbor
1912
0.0
Cohen Collects a Debt
1912
0.0
The Water Nymph
as Mack, Mabel's Boyfriend
1912
4.4
What the Doctor Ordered
as Jenks
1912
4.0
🎬
The Would-Be Shriner
as Hank Hopkins
1912
0.0
The Speed Demon
as Minor Role (unconfirmed)
1912
4.0
Man's Genesis
1912
4.6
🎬
The New Baby
as The Husband
1912
0.0
Tomboy Bessie
as Andrew - the Suitor
1912
4.6
The Furs
as The Salesman
1912
3.0
The Brave Hunter
as The Brave Hunter
1912
3.7
Hot Stuff
as Hank Hawkins
1912
4.2
A Spanish Dilemma
as Carlos, Jose's Brother
1912
4.0
A String of Pearls
as The Musician
1912
0.0
🎬
The Fatal Chocolate
as Zeke
1912
0.0
🎬
The Inventor’s Secret
as Dan the Cop
1911
0.0
$500 Reward
as Sherlock Holmes
1911
5.0
The Beautiful Voice
as A Frenchman
1911
0.0
🎬
The Ghost
as A Crook
1911
0.0
The Manicure Lady
as The Barber
1911
5.0
Comrades
as Mack
1911
0.0
His Daughter
1911
4.0
Fisher Folks
as At Fair
1911
0.0
His Trust Fulfilled
1911
3.7
His Trust
as Confederate Soldier Delivering Sword
1911
4.1
The Italian Barber
as Bobby Mack
1911
4.0
🎬
Love in Quarantine
1910
0.0
🎬
The Broken Doll
1910
4.0
A Lucky Toothache
as Tom
1910
0.0
A Gold Necklace
as Sam
1910
5.5
🎬
Examination Day at School
1910
0.0
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
1910
5.0
The Modern Prodigal
1910
5.2
Wilful Peggy
as Man at the Wedding
1910
5.0
When We Were in Our 'Teens
as The Butler
1910
5.0
An Arcadian Maid
as The Peddler
1910
4.8
A Flash of Light
as Wedding Guest
1910
5.0
What the Daisy Said
as (uncredited)
1910
4.7
A Child's Impulse
as At Train
1910
6.2
🎬
Never Again
as A Rival Sweetheart
1910
4.0
In the Border States
as Union Soldier
1910
5.5
In the Border States
as Union Soldier (uncredited)
1910
5.5
A Victim of Jealousy
as Milliner
1910
0.0
🎬
A Midnight Cupid
as Nick - the Unfortunate One
1910
0.0
In the Season of Buds
as Henry
1910
0.0
🎬
The Purgation
1910
0.0
Ramona
as The White Exploiter
1910
4.8
🎬
An Affair of Hearts
as Monsieur Renay
1910
2.5
Over Silent Paths
1910
4.7
The Two Brothers
as One of Pedro's Men
1910
0.0
Love Among the Roses
1910
4.7
As It Is in Life
as Owner of a Pigeon Farm
1910
5.2
Faithful
as Zeke [Faithful]
1910
4.5
In Old California
as Soldier
1910
0.0
The Thread of Destiny
1910
0.0
The Newlyweds
as On Train
1910
5.0
🎬
The Converts
1910
0.0
The Last Deal
as In Bank
1910
0.0
All on Account of the Milk
as The Farmhand
1910
5.3
The Day After
as Party Guest
1909
2.8
To Save Her Soul
as Backstage at Debut
1909
5.2
A Trap for Santa Claus
as Angry Bartender (uncredited)
1909
5.5
A Corner in Wheat
1909
6.1
The Redman's View
as Conqueror
1909
5.2
Through the Breakers
as At the Ball / At the Club
1909
4.2
🎬
The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period
1909
0.5
The Mountaineer's Honor
as In Posse
1909
4.6
The Light That Came
as Suitor
1909
4.1
Nursing a Viper
as In Mob
1909
4.2
The Gibson Goddess
as An Admirer
1909
4.1
What's Your Hurry?
as On Street
1909
5.3
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
as Fisherman in First Port
1909
3.2
A Change of Heart
1909
0.0
Pippa Passes
as In Studio
1909
5.4
The Awakening
as The Butler
1909
3.7
🎬
Leather Stocking
as Big Serpent
1909
3.5
The Broken Locket
as Peabody's Companion
1909
3.5
Getting Even
as Miner
1909
3.8
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
as Hessian
1909
5.2
The Sealed Room
as A Soldier
1909
4.9
The Little Darling
as In Boarding House
1909
4.4
Oh, Uncle!
1909
3.5
The Seventh Day
as The Judge's Clerk
1909
3.0
The Indian Runner's Romance
as Indian
1909
3.0
His Wife's Visitor
as At Club
1909
0.5
They Would Elope
1909
5.1
Mr. Jones’ Burglar
as The Burglar
1909
1.0
The Mended Lute
as Indian
1909
4.6
A Strange Meeting
as In Congregation
1909
4.3
The Slave
as A Barbarian
1909
4.2
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
as Comic Cutthroat
1909
3.7
The Necklace
as In Pawnshop / In Jewelry Store / Party Guest
1909
4.0
The Way of Man
as A Butler
1909
4.0
The Peachbasket Hat
as Policeman/In Store
1909
4.2
🎬
The Mexican Sweethearts
as Mexican in Bar
1909
0.5
Her First Biscuits
as Biscuit Victim
1909
3.0
The Faded Lilies
as At Party
1909
2.2
The Son's Return
as Creditor / Neighbor
1909
5.6
🎬
A New Trick
as The Thief
1909
1.0
The Lonely Villa
1909
6.0
The Violin Maker of Cremona
as In Crowd
1909
4.6
What Drink Did
as Workman
1909
4.5
The Cricket on the Hearth
as Merry Andrew
1909
3.6
Two Memories
as Party Guest
1909
4.2
Resurrection
as At Court / A Guard / At Inn
1909
4.9
🎬
The Jilt
as DDorothy's First Suitor / Bartender / At Stock Exchange
1909
0.5
🎬
Jones and the Lady Book Agent
as Dick Smith
1909
2.5
The Suicide Club
as Member of Suicide Club
1909
0.0
Lucky Jim
as Jack
1909
3.0
🎬
Twin Brothers
1909
5.0
Lady Helen's Escapade
as Dinner Guest
1909
4.1
Confidence
as Footman
1909
4.1
🎬
The Winning Coat
as Servant
1909
5.0
🎬
The Road to the Heart
as Cowpuncher
1909
5.0
A Drunkard's Reformation
as Man in the Play / Man in the Orchestra / In the Bar
1909
5.5
Jones and His New Neighbors
as Policeman
1909
2.5
🎬
The Deception
as The Doctor
1909
2.0
🎬
And a Little Child Shall Lead Them
as The Servant
1909
1.5
The Voice of the Violin
as At Party Meeting
1909
4.7
The Lure of the Gown
as At Dance
1909
3.7
The Salvation Army Lass
as At Factory / Salvationist Flagbearer
1909
4.0
🎬
The Wooden Leg
as Tramp
1909
4.0
At the Altar
as Policeman / Dinner Guest
1909
3.8
The Golden Louis
as Gambler / Reveller
1909
4.4
The Politician's Love Story
as Boss Tim Crogan
1909
4.3
The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals
as Theatre Man
1909
3.8
The Curtain Pole
as Monsieur Dupont
1909
4.5
🎬
A Wreath in Time
as John Goodhusband
1909
4.0
The Girls and Daddy
as At Black & Tan Ball / Policeman
1909
3.0
The Cord of Life
as Policeman
1909
3.5
Those Awful Hats
as The Usher, trying to manage the situation
1909
6.0
🎬
The Welcome Burglar
as The Butler
1909
2.5
Mr. Jones Has a Card Party
as Guest
1909
3.0
🎬
The Fascinating Mrs. Francis
as Party Guest
1909
0.5
🎬
The Criminal Hypnotist
as Party Guest
1909
2.0
🎬
A Rural Elopement
as In Crowd
1909
3.0
🎬
The Sacrifice
as At Wigmaker's / At Jeweler's / At Pawnshop
1909
4.0
🎬
The Honor of Thieves
as Man at dance / Cop
1909
1.5
🎬
Love Finds a Way
as Footman
1909
1.0
🎬
The Maniac Cook
as Policeman #2
1909
0.5
🎬
One Touch of Nature
as Cop / Man in second couple
1909
3.0
🎬
The Helping Hand
as Wedding Guest
1908
2.0
Mr. Jones at the Ball
as Butler / Policeman
1908
4.1
🎬
The Christmas Burglars
as One of Mike's Assistants
1908
2.0
An Awful Moment
as Policeman / Man in Court
1908
2.8
🎬
The Test of Friendship
as Guest / Man in Fight
1908
4.0
🎬
The Reckoning
as The Lover
1908
4.0
🎬
The Feud and the Turkey
as A Member of the Wilkinson Clan
1908
2.0
Money Mad
as Man on the Street
1908
4.8
🎬
The Valet's Wife
as Reggie Van Twiller
1908
3.5
🎬
The Clubman and the Tramp
as Dinner Guest / Policeman
1908
4.0
The Song of the Shirt
as Foreman / In Office / In Second Restaurant
1908
3.6
🎬
The Guerrilla
as Confederate Soldier / Union Soldier
1908
3.0
The Taming of the Shrew
as Petruchio's Servant
1908
4.9
🎬
The Pirate's Gold
as Pirate
1908
4.5
After Many Years
as Sailor / Member of Rescue Party
1908
2.5
🎬
Concealing a Burglar
as Waiter / Policeman
1908
3.0
The Call of the Wild
as Party Guest
1908
3.1
Romance of a Jewess
as Customer / In Bookstore / Doctor
1908
4.1
🎬
The Vaquero's Vow
as Wedding Party / Man in Bar
1908
3.5
Ingomar, the Barbarian
as Barbarian
1908
3.0
Father Gets in the Game
as Father Bill Wilkins
1908
3.3
The Zulu's Heart
1908
4.3
The Devil
as Waiter
1908
1.5
A Smoked Husband
as Man in Top Hat
1908
4.0
Where the Breakers Roar
as Policeman
1908
3.2
🎬
The Heart of O Yama
as Footman
1908
1.5
🎬
The Red Girl
as Man in First Bar / Man in Second Bar
1908
3.5
🎬
Behind the Scenes: Where All Is Not Gold That Glitters
as Backstage Man
1908
2.0
The Girl and the Outlaw
as Indian
1908
3.0
🎬
Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court
as Policeman
1908
2.5
Betrayed by a Handprint
as The Butler
1908
2.9
Balked at the Altar
1908
3.3
The Fatal Hour
as Policeman
1908
2.5
Deceived Slumming Party
as Policeman / Waiter
1908
5.0
The Black Viper
as Rescuer
1908
4.1
🎬
The Stage Rustler
as Man in Bar
1908
3.5
🎬
The Kentuckian
1908
1.0
Over the Hills to the Poor House
as Bartender
1908
4.8
🎬
The Man in the Box
as Gang Member
1908
3.0
The Invisible Fluid
as Mover
1908
5.0
🎬
Thompson's Night Out
as Theatre Bouncer
1908
2.0
The Sculptor's Nightmare
1908
4.3
🎬
The King's Messenger
as Soldier
1908
1.0
🎬
Old Isaacs, the Pawnbroker
as Charity Worker
1908
2.0